Course Outline for HCE 9

Health and Career Education 9   Course Outline

How/Where/When is the course delivered

This course is an off-timetable course and is delivered mainly through the 2 day Career and Personal Planning Conference that takes place on October 10^th and 11^th, 2018.  Other information will be covered throughout the year during course planning time, at grade assemblies, and during the Take Your Kid to Work day and follow up assignments.  It is expected that students will use the My Blueprint App to complete personal and career interest surveys, and to complete any assignments that the teacher adds to the App.  Students will be informed of any assignments that are due before they have been placed on My Blueprint. 

Goals and Objectives

·       Students will learn how to navigate My Blueprint.

·       Students will learn more about how their personal choices, views and values affect what career might be a good fit for them in the future.  Through self-evaluation and reflection students will obtain information to guide them in making more informed choices for their health, academic and career goals. 

·       Students will learn about healthy living and work-life balance.

·       Students will become informed decision-makers & understand the effects of their choices.

Marking/Reporting

Students will receive completion marks at each report card.  Each term is worth 33.3% of the year.

Policies and Procedures

·       Students are expected to attend all assemblies, guest speaker presentations, and the CAPP conference.  Any students missing these MUST bring a note to Ms. DeYoung immediately or they will receive a zero on the missed work.

·       Any missed work will result in a zero

·       All assignments given by the HCE9 teacher (Ms. DeYoung) must be handed in to her in the counselling suite, or uploaded to the My Blueprint website.

·       It is YOUR responsibility to ensure all your assignments are completed on time.  Please see Ms. DeYoung if you have an issue with any of the work or My Blueprint website.

Attendance:

October 10^th and 11^th – CAPP Conference

November 14^th – Take your kid to work day

February 2019 – Course Planning

Various  TBA – Guest speakers

Contact for further questions

M DeYoung             mdeyoung@vsb.bc.ca